The Borgias Quotes #5: "You will be naked... and clean... and bloodless again. And mine."
 

Rodrigo: All this rancour, this discord. Votes in conclave bought and sold. Families and factions, blade against blade. Would it not be simpler just to hand on the keys of St. Peter's from father to son? Primogeniture. It's the simplest and most efficient transfer of power known to man.

Here you go, Christine! :wave: I hope your computer is okay now.

Cesare: You both are so dear to my heart!

TYFTNT Alex :hug: my computer is being strange yes :nod:

Catherine Sforza: Indeed, you are truly a soldier made of hard wood. But the cardinal must know I only kneel when it suits me. As must the Holy Father.

Cesare: If you do not come willingly, my lady-

Catherine Sforza: Oh hush, Cardinal, hush. You are our guest this fine evening. I'd have no discord between us. You can relay the Holy Father's message in its fullness tomorrow.

You're welcome, Christine. :hug:


Rodrigo: So Venice's suffering is Rome's suffering.

Venetian Envoy: Exactly so, Holiness.

Rodrigo: Except with rather more mosquitoes. Well, we thank you for bringing our suffering to our attention. We were not aware. We will give this matter the consideration that it merits.

Cesare: I promised my sister your heart- on a dinner plate!

Cesare: I haven't uttered a word!

Lucrezia: The Church. Like an enormous bank machine. The faithful pay to maintain it in its magnificent splendor. This theatre of redemption. The greater the display, the more they gather from all corners of Christendom. The more they pay.

Lucrezia: I'll have blood for this!

Cesare: I promised you the heart of Giovanni Sforza on a dinner plate. His blood on this knife will have to suffice.

Cesare: Can I hold you then?

Rodrigo: There was more steel in that heroic king's diminished frame than can be found in both your bodies. Shame on you. You shall both kneel. Say the rosary one dozen times for the repose of his eternal soul. On reflection... make that three dozen.

Vanozza: You miss her that much?

Lucrezia: The Lady Lucrezia has a great many suitors. Some are wheat and some are chaff. And it falls to me to separate the one from the other.

Cesare: You know what's the punishment for spying!

Ursula: The Lord will decide my fate and it will be my fate to accept. But now I must leave before my soul flies from these lips.